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Post by champstermike on Mar 14, 2011 12:35:02 GMT -5
This is a Proto 2000 H10-44 that's been converted to somewhat resemble one of the H12-44s that ran on Prince Edward Island in the early sixties. It's not quite finished but getting close.  ,  |
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Post by ranchwagon on Mar 14, 2011 13:41:11 GMT -5
Very nice, looks great!
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Post by icghogger on Mar 14, 2011 14:14:45 GMT -5
Excellent Work, Mike!! Keep 'em coming!!
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kcs1967
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Post by kcs1967 on Mar 14, 2011 16:09:16 GMT -5
Looks great, those are huge window.
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Post by Randy Earle on Mar 14, 2011 17:42:45 GMT -5
What did you use for the marker lights? I like 'em.  |
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Post by dekon on Mar 14, 2011 20:03:11 GMT -5
Very nice.
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Post by champstermike on Mar 15, 2011 15:48:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words everyone. Randy those marker lights are Cal Scale #280. I paint the back of the lens area grey and build up the "glass" with multiple applications of Microscale Crystal Clear (sp?)
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Post by csxt on Mar 16, 2011 15:49:31 GMT -5
Very nice, looks great!
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Post by slowfreight on Mar 18, 2011 12:56:00 GMT -5
I dig. That just *looks* nice.  |
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Post by tjmfishing on Nov 12, 2011 19:58:51 GMT -5
I think the numbers were 1616, 1617 and 1618. According to Allan Graham's book, there were three of them. Didn't they have three axle trucks??
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Post by redp on Nov 13, 2011 14:00:31 GMT -5
Very nice.
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Post by champstermike on Nov 13, 2011 21:35:38 GMT -5
Thanks guys. Tjmfishing you may be correct, but I suspect that if the six axle CLC's (H10-64) were on the island it was before the H12-44s. I have Mr. Graham's book too, 1639 and 1636 look to have been used frequently on the "boat train" from Borden during at least the mid sixties. They were of course replaced by RSC 13s and then RSC 14s. I'm working out of province right now so I can't peruse my copy of said book. Now I wish I had it with me.
Thanks for looking!
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Post by tjmfishing on Nov 13, 2011 22:06:50 GMT -5
champstermike, I didn't think that the H12-44's were ever used on the island because of the weight restrictions. I know they were used in the Gaspe however and my grandfather has driven them before. You're right about the boat train for sure but I think the H10-64's were pulled from service after the last passanger trains in the late 1960's. Like you said, the RSC-13's, RSC-14's and GE 70 tonners were the standard for freights.
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Post by champstermike on Nov 13, 2011 23:08:39 GMT -5
That's pretty cool that your grandfather actually operated on of these units. Personally I've never seen a CLC or Fairbanks-Morse unit in person. I will respectfully disagree with your assertion, but even if I'm way off the 1/87th crews on my basement empire likely won't know the difference.
Cheers,
Mike
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Post by tjmfishing on Nov 14, 2011 12:57:36 GMT -5
Yeah, thats exactly right, closed enough is often good enough. It's hard because there really isn't an accurate Canadian model on the market, except for Rapido models.
As for my grandfather, he drove everything, from steam to all the MLW's and FM's that CN ever owned including most of the EMD's. He said the FM's were poorly built, the MLW's were poorly maintained and the 5300's (SD40-2w) were a good, heavy engine. His career spanned 39 years, ending in 1982.
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Post by cn2117 on Nov 14, 2011 21:02:21 GMT -5
1630 to 1659 were H12-44, and the pics on page 201 of Allan Graham's book are definitely a 4 axle unit.
1600 to 1629 were the H12-64, there's a pic of 1616 on page 195 of the book, so both were used on the Island.
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Post by cnrglen on Dec 10, 2011 11:21:09 GMT -5
Great looking model
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Post by tjmfishing on May 16, 2014 13:41:07 GMT -5
Looks like I am going to be painting one of these very shortly for a friend in our group. This will serve as good reference material
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Post by iomalley on May 16, 2014 17:48:30 GMT -5
Hey Taylor, 1617 had a short hood, like a baby-sized trainmaster. Mike's got the right number series for the switcher-type CLC.   |
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Post by Canadian Atlantic Railway on May 16, 2014 20:58:06 GMT -5
Hey Taylor, 1617 had a short hood, like a baby-sized trainmaster. Mike's got the right number series for the switcher-type CLC. Nice shots! |
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